Author Archives: David Megginson

There’s a lot of noise about AJAX recently, ranging from positive to negative to what’s the big deal? It’s true that architecturally, AJAX is nothing new — basically, it’s just the old, pre-Web client-server model wrapped up in the browser … Continue reading →

Via Anne van Kesteren (again), I have found a site with a pure-CSS rendition of the Canadian flag (the image here in my blog is a screenshot, not the live CSS). It’s a little squished, granted, but at least it’s … Continue reading →

[Update: partial contact information at bottom.] Yesterday I found out about a major government XML+HTTP (i.e. REST) web application that has been open to the general public since October 2004 but was never formally announced — I’m posting about it … Continue reading →

[Update: why this has to do with REST] Here is the fourth in a series of REST design questions: how much should the XML data files returned by a REST web application be normalized into separate XML files? For example, … Continue reading →

This is the third in a series of REST design questions. The first design question asked about keeping track of location and identification information after you have downloaded an XML file; the second design question asked about discovering resources and … Continue reading →